Rethinking punishment : challenging conventions in research and policy /
Karol M. Lucken.
- viii, 165 pages ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Justifying punishment : a moral & economic defense of policy -- Defining punishment : the essential attributes of penal activity -- Measuring punishment : the scope & severity of penal activity -- Evaluating punishment : "what works" and the pursuit of effectiveness -- Prescribing punishment : alternative directions in research & policy -- .